Contempo String Quartet

Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath Thurs 1pm Adm free 046-9092300; Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon Fri Mar 20 8pm Adm free…

Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath Thurs 1pm Adm free 046-9092300; Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon Fri Mar 20 8pm Adm freeFour quartets by women composers are the focus of a New Notes project involving the Contemporary Music Centre and the ConTempo String Quartet.

There are two new works involved, Rhona Clarke’s

Pas de Quatre

, and Gráinne Mulvey’s

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, and two slightly older pieces, Jane O’Leary’s

ConTempo Conversations

of 2005 and Jennifer Walshe’s

Minard/Nithsdale

of 2003.

Navan’s Solstice Arts Centre gets the honour of the premieres in a lunchtime concert on Thursday, with a repeat the following evening at the Roscommon Arts Centre.

Michael Dervan

Michael Dervan

Michael Dervan is a music critic and Irish Times contributor